Description

SY 08 NW WOODBURY WOODBURY SALTERTON (west side)

2/143 Cook's Farmhouse
11.11.52
- II

Farmhouse. Possibly C17, entirely remodelled and possibly rebuilt, in C19.
Plastered cob on stone footings, with brick patching; gabled-end asbestos pantiled
roof. Originally a 3-room through-passage plan house, with a rear wing to the
inner room. Rear lateral external stack to hall, all brick and looks entirely
rebuilt in C19; end stack, external, cob, to rear wing, no longer visible
externally; lateral external stack to rear wing, presumably to replace end stack.
Stair turret in angle formed by main range and rear wing. C19 brick leanto to rear.
2 storeys.
Front: 5 window range, 2- and 3-light casement windows throughout, mostly C19;
brick, pantiled porch to passage entrance.
Rear: C19 3-light casement windows and another of 2-lights to turret. Interior not
inspected; house unoccupied at time of resurvey visit (July 1985). With the
exception of the roof which was thatched in 1952, the house is as it appeared when
first listed.

Listing NGR: SY0127988713

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26439934

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets